BBC Music Magazine

BBC Music Magazine is a must for anyone with a passion for classical music. Classical music connoisseurs and new enthusiast alike will enjoy the fascinating features and reviews of over 120 new works in every issue.

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The BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024 • Some highlights from this year’s sparkling ceremony at Kings Place in London

RisingStars • Three to look out for…

Handel’s Water Music floats a troubled monarch’s boat

Also in July 1717…

Ben Nobuto • Born in Japan but brought up in the UK, Ben Nobuto is an awardwinning young composer with a thrillingly individual voice. His music defies categorisation, leaping across stylistic boundaries and creating exhilarating sonic juxtapositions. Nobuto’s Hallelujah Sim receives its world premiere at the First Night of the Proms on 19 July.

Music to my ears • The BBC Music Magazine team’s current favourites…

REWIND • Great artists talk about their past recordings

My Hero

Whistle that tune…

FAREWELL TO…

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN • Glyndebourne’s music director Robin Ticciati enthuses about the finest depictions of love in opera

Richard Morrison • I’ve attended the Proms for 60 years – here are ten memorable moments

WELCOME TO THE PROMS • It’s time again for a sensational summer of music! Explore the world’s greatest classical music festival with our complete guide to the 2024 programme

Perfect Finnish • As Sakari Oramo prepares to conduct four BBC Proms concerts this season – including The Last Night – he speaks to John Allison about his long and successful role as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Laura van der Heijden

Youthful impressions • Advice for musical children

Olympic dreams • As the Olympic Games come to Paris, Jeremy Pound explores how music has played its part in shaping this greatest of sporting events

Setting the Seine • The cultural Olympiad

Pride and joy • As the second Classical Pride festival takes over the Barbican, Claire Jackson speaks to founder Oliver Zeffman about supporting the LGBTQ+ community

Flying the flag • Pride at the Proms

Roger and out… • As he prepares for his final season heading Britten Pears Arts, Roger Wright speaks to Clare Stevens about a career dedicated to bringing artists and audiences together

Aldeburgh Festival • 7-23 June 2024

Newport, Rhode Island US • Despite its reputation for outlandish wealth, Newport today is home to bold premieres and community concerts, finds Charlotte Smith

Elizabeth Maconchy • Though admired by her peers and feted in her younger years, Maconchy faced an uphill battle for wider recognition, as Leah Broad explains

MACONCHY Life&Times

Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 5 • Terry Williams names the best recordings of a symphony packed with the feel-good factor of a composer for whom life was firmly on the up

A winningly natural approach

Three other great recordings

Continue the journey… • We suggest five further works to try after Dvořák’s Fifth Symphony

This Dream comes to spectacular fruition • Paul McCreesh realises a long-held wish to record Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius and does so with an army of talent, says Terry Blain

Performer’s notes

An Enescu symphonic survey worth celebrating • It’s a while since a major label has shone a light on this repertoire, and now John Allison...